It's getting dry...lawns look like shit!

**Squiggles** · 9th February 2008, 21:52

You missed a bit.

**dipshit** · 9th February 2008, 21:57

Originally Posted by South3rn Rid3r

...I don't like watering lawn in summer as it seems a waste just to have a patch of green....

Why would you want to water them anyhow..???

I couldn't be happier that my lawns are dying off..! Less time mowing them so more time for riding and messing around with my bike.

The lawn can go fu#k itself.

**Str8 Jacket** · 9th February 2008, 21:59

Originally Posted by dipshit

The lawn can go fu#k itself.

Is that so it can regenerate?

**FJRider** · 9th February 2008, 22:39

Originally Posted by Steam

I hear there's a couple of feed companies in Christchurch that are doing the best business they have ever done. Ever.

AND IRRIGATION COMPANIES !!!

**lb99** · 10th February 2008, 09:06

our water got contaminated with e-coli so we have to boil it until further notice (cept most seem to be buying bottled water, coz theyre too stupid to boil) and its a pretty dry summer, although raining today which is cool. we have plenty of water we need to get rid of because it is a bit shitty, but get this- no irrigation because the council waited until the height of summer (highest demand) to take a pumping station out of commision for maintainance. stupid huh, you'd think they would do stuff like that at low demand time, and now we have a heap of water to get rid of and we are not allowed... go figure.

**Smokin** · 10th February 2008, 09:14

The grass is definitly greener on the other side of the fence.

The brown stuff that used to be grass is now turning to dirt with the kids running around on it all day.

I love not having to mow lawn's

**T.W.R** · 10th February 2008, 09:27

lols that lawn is healthy

down here ours burnt off ages ago and currently looks like the sahara desert

been on water restrictions for the last month

Joys of being at the highest point on the southern railway

same height above sea level as the spire on the Cathedral in ChCh

**Beemer** · 10th February 2008, 09:28

Set your mower a bit higher - the longer grass stops it from drying out so much and it also prevents more weeds from taking over! Ours doesn't look so great right now, within a day or two of mowing it there are heaps of dandelions and clover, but it's still pretty green.

So far we haven't had to buy in water but it's been hot and dry for weeks with very little rain during that period.

We had 11 lambs this year but had to get rid of all but one as we didn't have enough grass for them. We could do with a bit of rain now while it's still warm then the grass would hopefully grow before autumn.

**puddytat** · 10th February 2008, 15:25

Some "grass" is doin real well....but the stuff for the critters aint.Going to be real tough for them over winter

**homer** · 10th February 2008, 16:04

When the road side turns brown ........its fucken dry
till that happens nothing to worry about

**chanceyy** · 10th February 2008, 16:49

Originally Posted by Beemer

Set your mower a bit higher - the longer grass stops it from drying out so much and it also prevents more weeds from taking over! Ours doesn't look so great right now, within a day or two of mowing it there are heaps of dandelions and clover, but it's still pretty green.

So far we haven't had to buy in water but it's been hot and dry for weeks with very little rain during that period.

We had 11 lambs this year but had to get rid of all but one as we didn't have enough grass for them. We could do with a bit of rain now while it's still warm then the grass would hopefully grow before autumn.

any rain we get now is not doing any good it drys out before it can soak .. feb is always our hottest muggiest month .. as long as we get rain around march it will enable that good autumn growth ..

**homer** · 11th February 2008, 21:38

its all going to get worse
dont worry about the bloody emissions and the fucken ice melting and the oil running out ,its all bull shit

what everyone should worry about is the simple fact that the bloody water is running out

THINK ABOUT IT
I bet in about 30 years time you ll be starting to have trouble to get enough drinking water